BRIEFLY.Animated maps debut on buses Direction-challenged commuters got some relief this week when Metro unveiled Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. maps inside the agency's 2,200 buses. The maps -- similar to those used by airlines to show a plane's trajectory -- depict an animated bus progressing along the route. ``If it's really crowded, sometimes it's hard to see out and sometimes you lose track of where you are,'' said Kim Upton, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ``It's a tool; it's also for amusement. It's cute, and it can help you see where you are.'' -- Daily News Holiday deaths on roads increase Eight people died in traffic crashes on Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County roadways during the first 36 hours of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, compared with seven for the same period last year, authorities said Friday. Statewide, 17 traffic deaths were reported during the period from 6 p.m. Wednesday through 6 a.m. Friday, compared with 19 for the same period last year, the CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan reported. In Los Angeles County, 127 motorists were arrested by CHP officers on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, compared with 66 a year earlier. Statewide, there were 578 DUI arrests, compared with 595 last year. -- City News Service Telethon raises $13.6 million GLENDALE -- A telethon that briefly united the global diaspora of Armenians raised $13.6 million in pledges to build roads, schools and hospitals in their homeland. The 12-hour telethon Thursday included Armenian entertainers and originated from a studio in Glendale, which is home to the nation's largest Armenian-American population. The ninth annual Armenia Fund telethon included live TV spots and Webcasts from around the globe. -- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Policeman hurt by beer bottle SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. -- A San Fernando police officer was injured Friday night when a man suspected of a domestic dispute threw a 40-ounce beer bottle at him, police said. The suspect was riding away from officers on his bicycle when he crashed into the side of the police car and then threw the bottle, said Sgt. Robert Parks W. Robert Parks (1915 - 2003) was the 11th president of Iowa State University. Education:
The man was arrested on suspicion of assault of deadly weapon deadly weapon n. any weapon which can kill. This includes not only weapons which are intended to do harm like a gun or knife, but also blunt instruments like clubs, baseball bats, monkey wrenches, an automobile or any object which actually causes death. on peace officer, resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. and a domestic charge after the 10 p.m. incident at Lucas Street and Maclay Avenue. -- Daily News Gifts for guns in Compton COMPTON -- Compton residents will have the opportunity to exchange guns for gifts -- no questions asked -- beginning today as part of a city-sponsored attempt to reduce violence in the area. Personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Compton station will collect firearms in the parking lot of the Circuit City/Ralphs shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into at Compton Boulevard and Alameda Street during the next three Saturdays, organizers announced. Participants will receive a $50 gift card to Circuit City, Ralphs or Toys ``R'' Us for each gun turned in. The guns will still be tested just to make sure that they aren't evidence in any unsolved crimes, said Sgt. Rich Pena of the Compton station. -- City News Service |
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